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Definition:
a) to die
German translation:
sterben, ins Gras beissen
Sample text:
Old aunt Rose lived to the grand old age of 95 before she kicked the bucket"
Did you know?
Did you know?
The wooden frame that slaughtered animals were hung from is known as a bucket. The death spasms of the animals caused them to kick the bucket, therefore the idiom. Death is not a pleasant subject, maybe black humour is some kind of emotional compensation. Here's a small selection from the hundreds floating around the English language:
Married to OJ
On the unable to breathe list
Tailgating with Jesus
Put on the wooden overcoat
Assume room temperature
Improved the gene pool
Become living impared
Won the Darwin Award
Push'n up the daisies
Moved into upper management
Electrocardiographically challenged
Gone to meet the maker
Gone to the great big blue screen in the sky
Ded: d. e. d.
In a better place
Worm food
Not with us
Pass on
No more taxes
Got Ghosted
Departed for the Celestial Kingdom
Emptyin' the Great Hole Punch
Lost his franchise
"Daddy done went on vacation." - Forrest Gump.
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